Novels about friendship, devotion, love

Mine is a Writer’s Life: Query time!

My motto is ‘Have straw, will travel.’ We enjoyed a special happy hour at a neighbor’s house, met new people, reconnected with some great friends, and had a wonderful evening. Don’t be fooled by the small glass in front of me; the homemade concoction inside was surprisingly potent – and tasty! PS: Alcohol drains more […]

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Mine is a Writer’s Life: Legoland and Queries

Nothing but love for this precious, amazing granddaughter (above), excited about her entrance into Legoland on her third birthday. She told her parents at the end of the day, “That was a great adventure!” Cheers from the Sonoran Desert. #ThrillerReads #MustReadThriller #SuspenseFiction #BookLovers #PageTurner #BookBuzz #ThrillerFans #BookAddict #Bookish #Bibliophile #booknerd #MustRead #Booklovers #LoveBooks #Readerslife #PageTurner

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Mine is a writer’s life: Hit the road, Jack (except we’ll be coming back).

My wife and I no longer travel by air due to myriad challenges I won’t bore you with. But we love road-tripping in the Western US, particularly from our home in Arizona to Orange County or Austin, Texas. The big draw in the OC is the indomitable Charlotte, our granddaughter, for whom I do not

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Mine is a writer’s life: Mom and Countdown

I am one of ten children raised by an amazing woman. Mom would have been 95 years old this week; she left us five years ago. One of my siblings told me Mom hoped to move to Paris for a while around age 20, but Dad spotted her on the stage before a Christmas production in

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Mine is a writer’s life: Doheny Drive taking shape!

I write my books while constantly editing previous chapters—it’s what works for me. Doheny Drive will be my fourth book and very different from the others. Of course, the final version will differ in ways unknown, but I’m hoping you get a strong sense of place and time and are intrigued by how I set

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Mine is a writer’s life: Working my way through Doheny Drive!

Doheny Drive is the working title for a novel that will surprise readers of my dark psychological thriller, Eagle Bay, released in June 2023, and my upcoming military-cartel-domestic-psychological thriller, The Emerald Cross, due out on May 15, 2024. While the thrillers are fast-paced, intense, and unguessable, Doheny Drive is a generational story of four childhood

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